Robbie’s Inspiration – A poem on Vocal and a poem for Tanka Tuesday #Poetry #Poetrychallenge

Vocal is running a poetry challenge with the theme of Uncommon – write a poem about something rare. I wasn’t going to participate as I couldn’t think of anything I fancied writing about until yesterday when I discovered Eleanor, the hadeda, had come into my office for a visit.

I thought that was quite rare, I’ve never had a hadeda come inside before and I’ve lived in my current home near a bird sanctuary for nearly 20 years.

These are the pictures that inspired my poem, The Visitor. You can read the poem on Vocal and if you have a few extra minutes you can register on the site and leave a like and/or comment for me. Or you can just leave a comment here.

You will find my poem here: https://vocal.media/poets/the-visitor-8hphqb0xd1

This is my haiku for Colleen Chesebro’s latest poetry challenge. I thought the lady depicted in the picture looked like she had a title or position of some sort and was born privileged. My poem is about the lack of permanency of titles and position.

Titles are not owned

Merely temporary gifts

Easily transferred

By Robbie Cheadle

You can join in Colleen’s challenge here: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/01/24/tankatuesday-ekphrastic-poetry-challenge-no-304/

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